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Surah 98

Al-Bayyinaالبينة

The Evidence · 8 verses · Medinan

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Eight verses turning on a clear evidence that came - the evidence this surah is named for - after which those who had been given the Book divided among themselves. It says that what was commanded was worship, prayer and alms, and it ends by setting the worst of creatures against the best.

AALAMIN Editor · signed 25 August 2026

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98:1

لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

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Easy-read (simplified)lam yakuni lladheena kafaroo min ahli l-kitaabi wal-mushrikeena munfakkeena hattaa ta'tiyahumu l-bayyinah

DIN 31635lam yakuni llaḏīna kafarū min ʾahli l-kitābi wal-mušrikīna munfakkīna ḥattā taʾtiyahumu l-bayyinatu

Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture, and the Polytheists, were not apart, until the Clear Evidence came to them.

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Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came unto them

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Those of the people of the Book and the idolaters who misbelieve did not fall off until there came to them the manifest sign

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

THE unbelievers among the people of the Book, and the Polytheists, did not waver, until the CLEAR EVIDENCE had come to them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The unbelievers among those to whom the scriptures were given, and among the idolaters, did not stagger, until the clear evidence had come unto them

George Sale · published 1734

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98:2

رَسُولٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتْلُوا۟ صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً

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Easy-read (simplified)rasoolun mina llaahi yatloo suhufan mutahharah

DIN 31635rasūlun mina llāhi yatlū ṣuḥufan muṭahharatan

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A messenger from God reciting purified scripts.

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A messenger from Allah, reading purified pages

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

An apostle from God reading pure pages

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

A messenger from God, reciting to them the pure pages

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

An apostle from God, rehearsing unto them pure books of revelations

George Sale · published 1734

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98:3

فِيهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)feehaa kutubun qayyimah

DIN 31635fīhā kutubun qayyimatun

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In them are valuable writings.

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Containing correct scriptures

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

wherein are right scriptures

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

wherein are true Scriptures

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

wherein are contained right discourses

George Sale · published 1734

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98:4

وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَةُ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa tafarraqa lladheena ootoo l-kitaaba illaa min ba'di maa jaa'athumu l-bayyinah

DIN 31635wamā tafarraqa llaḏīna ʾūtū l-kitāba ʾillā min baʿdi mā ǧāʾathumu l-bayyinatu

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Those who were given the Scripture did not splinter, except after the Clear Evidence came to them.

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Nor were the People of the Scripture divided until after the clear proof came unto them

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Nor did those who were given the Book divide into sects until after there came to them the manifest sign

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Neither were they to whom the Scriptures were given divided into sects, till after this clear evidence had reached them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Neither were they unto whom the scriptures were given divided among themselves, until after the clear evidence had come unto them

George Sale · published 1734

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98:5

وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلْقَيِّمَةِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa umiroo illaa liya'budoo llaaha mukhliseena lahu d-deena hunafaa'a wayuqeemoo s-salaata wayu'too z-zakaata wadhaalika deenu l-qayyimah

DIN 31635wamā ʾumirū ʾillā liyaʿbudū llāha muḫliṣīna lahu d-dīna ḥunafāʾa wayuqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wayuʾtū z-zakāta waḏālika dīnu l-qayyimati

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They were commanded only to worship God, devoting their faith to Him alone, and to practice regular prayer, and to give alms. That is the upright religion.

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And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping religion pure for Him, as men by nature upright, and to establish worship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But they were not bidden aught but to worship God, being sincere in religion unto Him as Hanifs, and to be steadfast in prayer, and to give alms: for that is the standard religion

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Yet was not aught enjoined on them but to worship God with sincere religion, sound in faith; and to observe prayer and pay the stated alms. For this is true religion

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And they were commanded no other in the scriptures than to worship God, exhibiting unto him the pure religion, and being orthodox; and to be constant at prayer, and to give alms: And this is the right religion

George Sale · published 1734

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98:6

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمْ شَرُّ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena kafaroo min ahli l-kitaabi wal-mushrikeena fee naari jahannama khaalideena feehaa oolaa'ika hum sharru l-bariyyah

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna kafarū min ʾahli l-kitābi wal-mušrikīna fī nāri ǧahannama ḫālidīna fīhā ʾūlāʾika hum šarru l-bariyyati

Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture, and the Polytheists, will be in the Fire of Hell, where they will abide forever. These are the worst of creatures.

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Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, those who disbelieve amongst the people of the Book and the idolaters shall be in the fire of hell, to dwell therein for aye; they are wretched creatures

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But the unbelievers among the people of the Book, and among the Polytheists, shall go into the fire of Gehenna to abide therein for aye. Of all creatures are they the worst

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily those who believe not, among those who have received the scriptures, and among the idolaters, shall be cast into the fire of hell, to remain therein for ever. These are the worst of creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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98:7

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati oolaa'ika hum khayru l-bariyyah

DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti ʾūlāʾika hum ḫayru l-bariyyati

As for those who believe and lead a righteous life-these are the best of creatures.

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(And) lo! those who believe and do good works are the best of created beings

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, those who believe and act aright, they are the best of creatures

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But they who believe and do the things that are right - these of all creatures are the best

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But they who believe, and do good works; these are the best of creatures

George Sale · published 1734

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98:8

جَزَآؤُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ رَبَّهُۥ

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Easy-read (simplified)jazaa'uhum 'inda rabbihim jannaatu 'adnin tajree min tahtihaa l-'anhaaru khaalideena feehaa abadan radiya llaahu 'anhum waradoo 'anhu dhaalika liman khashiya rabbah

DIN 31635ǧazāʾuhum ʿinda rabbihim ǧannātu ʿadnin taǧrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru ḫālidīna fīhā ʾabadan raḍiya llāhu ʿanhum waraḍū ʿanhu ḏālika liman ḫašiya rabbahu

Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eternity beneath which rivers flow, where they will abide forever. God is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. That is for whoever fears His Lord.

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Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they dwell for ever. Allah hath pleasure in them and they have pleasure in Him. This is (in store) for him who feareth his Lord

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

their reward with their Lord is gardens of Eden, beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye; God shall be well pleased with them, and they with Him! that is for him who fears his Lord

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Their recompense with their Lord shall be gardens of Eden, 'neath which the rivers flow, in which they shall abide for evermore. God is well pleased in them and they in Him! This, for him who feareth his Lord

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Their reward with their Lord shall be gardens of perpetual abode, through which rivers flow; they shall remain therein for ever. God will be well pleased in them; and they shall be well pleased in him. This is prepared for him who shall fear his Lord

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 99

Az-Zalzalaالزلزلة

The Earthquake · 8 verses · Medinan

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Eight verses on the day the earth is shaken and tells what it knows, the quaking this surah is named for. People come out in groups to be shown their deeds, and whoever has done the weight of an atom of good or of evil sees it - a weight Sale (1734) renders as an ant's.

AALAMIN Editor · signed 25 August 2026

99:1

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

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Easy-read (simplified)idhaa zulzilati l-'ardu zilzaalahaa

DIN 31635ʾiḏā zulzilati l-ʾarḍu zilzālahā

When the earth is shaken with its quake.

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When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

When the earth shall quake with its quaking

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

WHEN the Earth with her quaking shall quake

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

When the earth shall be shaken by an earthquake

George Sale · published 1734

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99:2

وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'akhrajati l-'ardu athqaalahaa

DIN 31635waʾaḫraǧati l-ʾarḍu ʾaṯqālahā

And the earth brings out its loads.

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And Earth yieldeth up her burdens

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And the earth shall bring forth her burdens

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the Earth shall cast forth her burdens

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and the earth shall cast forth her burdens

George Sale · published 1734

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99:3

وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala l-'insaanu maa lahaa

DIN 31635waqāla l-ʾinsānu mā lahā

And man says, "What is the matter with it?"

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And man saith: What aileth her

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and man shall say, What ails her

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And man shall say, What aileth her

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and a man shall say, what aileth her

George Sale · published 1734

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99:4

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma'idhin tuhaddithu akhbaarahaa

DIN 31635yawmaʾiḏin tuḥaddiṯu ʾaḫbārahā

On that Day, it will tell its tales.

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That day she will relate her chronicles

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

On that day she shall tell her tidings

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On that day shall she tell out her tidings

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

On that day the earth shall declare her tidings

George Sale · published 1734

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99:5

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

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Easy-read (simplified)bi'anna rabbaka awhaa lahaa

DIN 31635biʾanna rabbaka ʾawḥā lahā

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For your Lord will have inspired it.

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Because thy Lord inspireth her

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

because thy Lord inspires her

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Because thy Lord shall have inspired her

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

for that thy Lord will inspire her

George Sale · published 1734

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99:6

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma'idhin yasduru n-naasu ashtaatan liyuraw a'maalahum

DIN 31635yawmaʾiḏin yaṣduru n-nāsu ʾaštātan liyuraw ʾaʿmālahum

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On that Day, the people will emerge in droves, to be shown their works.

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That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

On the day when men shall come up in separate bands to show their works

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On that day shall men come forward in throngs to behold their works

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

On that day men shall go forward in distinct classes, that they may behold their works

George Sale · published 1734

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99:7

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ

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Easy-read (simplified)faman ya'mal mithqaala dharratin khayran yarah

DIN 31635faman yaʿmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḫayran yarahu

Whoever has done an atom's weight of good will see it.

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And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and he who does the weight of an atom of good shall see it

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And whosoever shall have wrought an atom's weight of good shall behold it

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And whoever shall have wrought good of the weight of an ant, shall behold the same

George Sale · published 1734

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99:8

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ

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Easy-read (simplified)waman ya'mal mithqaala dharratin sharran yarah

DIN 31635waman yaʿmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu

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And whoever has done an atom's weight of evil will see it.

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And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and he who does the weight of an atom of evil shall see it

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And whosoever shall have wrought an atom's weight of evil shall behold it

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And whoever shall have wrought evil of the weight of an ant, shall behold the same

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 100

Al-Aadiyaatالعاديات

The Chargers · 11 verses · Meccan

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Eleven verses opening with oaths by charging horses - the chargers this surah is named for - which strike sparks, raid at dawn and cleave through a host. What follows is about man: ungrateful to his Lord, a witness to it himself, and intense in his love of wealth — a charge the four word differently. It closes on the day the graves are emptied and what is in the breasts is brought out.

AALAMIN Editor · signed 25 August 2026

100:1

وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًا

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Easy-read (simplified)wal-'aadiyaati dabhaa

DIN 31635wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan

By the racers panting.

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By the snorting courses

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

By the snorting chargers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

By the snorting CHARGERS

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By the war-horses which run swiftly to the battle, with a panting noise

George Sale · published 1734

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100:2

فَٱلْمُورِيَٰتِ قَدْحًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fal-mooriyaati qadhaa

DIN 31635fal-mūriyāti qadḥan

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Igniting sparks.

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Striking sparks of fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And those who strike fire with their hoofs

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And those that dash off sparks of fire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and by those which strike fire, by dashing their hoofs against the stones

George Sale · published 1734

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100:3

فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fal-mugheeraati subhaa

DIN 31635fal-muġīrāti ṣubḥan

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Raiding at dawn.

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And scouring to the raid at dawn

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And those who make incursions in the morning

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And those that scour to the attack at morn

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and by those which make a sudden incursion on the enemy early in the morning

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100:4

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'atharna bihi naq'aa

DIN 31635faʾaṯarna bihi naqʿan

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Raising clouds of dust.

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Then, therewith, with their trail of dust

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And raise up dust therein

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And stir therein the dust aloft

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and therein raise the dust

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100:5

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fawasatna bihi jam'aa

DIN 31635fawasaṭna bihi ǧamʿan

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Storming into the midst.

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Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And cleave through a host therein

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And cleave therein their midway through a host

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and therein pass through the midst of the adverse troops

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100:6

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna l-'insaana lirabbihi lakanood

DIN 31635ʾinna l-ʾinsāna lirabbihi lakanūdun

Indeed, the human being is ungrateful to his Lord.

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Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

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Verily, man is to his Lord ungrateful

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Truly, Man is to his Lord ungrateful

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily man is ungrateful unto his Lord

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100:7

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'innahu 'alaa dhaalika lashaheed

DIN 31635waʾinnahu ʿalā ḏālika lašahīdun

And he bears witness to that.

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And lo! he is a witness unto that

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and, verily, he is a witness of that

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And of this he is himself a witness

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and he is witness thereof

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100:8

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'innahu lihubbi l-khayri lashadeed

DIN 31635waʾinnahu liḥubbi l-ḫayri lašadīdun

And he is fierce in his love of wealth.

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And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, he is keen in his love of good

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And truly, he is vehement in the love of this world's good

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And he is immoderate in the love of worldly good

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100:9

أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

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Easy-read (simplified)afalaa ya'lamu idhaa bu'thira maa fee l-quboor

DIN 31635ʾafalā yaʿlamu ʾiḏā buʿṯira mā fī l-qubūri

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Does he not know? When the contents of the graves are scattered around.

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Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Does he not know when the tombs are exposed

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Ah! knoweth he not, that when that which is in the graves shall be laid bare

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Doth he not know, therefore, when that which is in the graves shall be taken forth

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100:10

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wahussila maa fee s-sudoor

DIN 31635waḥuṣṣila mā fī ṣ-ṣudūri

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And the contents of the hearts are obtained.

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And the secrets of the breasts are made known

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and what is in the breasts is brought to light

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And that which is in men's breasts shall be brought forth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and that which is in men's breasts shall be brought to light

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100:11

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna rabbahum bihim yawma'idhin lakhabeer

DIN 31635ʾinna rabbahum bihim yawmaʾiḏin laḫabīrun

Their Lord, on that Day, is fully informed of them.

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On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them

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Verily, thy Lord upon that day indeed is well aware

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Verily their Lord shall on that day be informed concerning them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

that their Lord will, on that day, be fully informed concerning them

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Surah 101

Al-Qaari'aالقارعة

The Calamity · 11 verses · Meccan

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Eleven verses on a striking day this surah is named after, when people are like scattered moths and the mountains like carded wool. Scales decide what follows: a pleasing life for the one whose scales are heavy, and for the one whose scales are light the four renderings part company - three name a pit of fire, and Pickthall renders it as a mother bereft.

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101:1

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

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Easy-read (simplified)al-qaari'ah

DIN 31635al-qāriʿatu

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The Shocker.

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The Calamity

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The smiting

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

THE BLOW

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The striking

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101:2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

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Easy-read (simplified)maa l-qaari'ah

DIN 31635mā l-qāriʿatu

What is the Shocker?

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What is the Calamity

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

What is the smiting

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

what is the Blow

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

What is the striking

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101:3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa adraaka maa l-qaari'ah

DIN 31635wamā ʾadrāka mā l-qāriʿatu

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What will explain to you what the Shocker is?

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Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And what shall make thee know what the smiting is

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Who shall teach thee what the Blow is

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And what shall make thee to understand how terrible the striking will be

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101:4

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma yakoonu n-naasu kal-faraashi l-mabthooth

DIN 31635yawma yakūnu n-nāsu kal-farāši l-mabṯūṯi

The Day when the people will be like scattered moths.

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A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

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The day when men shall be like scattered moths

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The Day when men shall be like scattered moths

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

On that day men shall be like moths scattered abroad

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101:5

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

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Easy-read (simplified)watakoonu l-jibaalu kal-'ihni l-manfoosh

DIN 31635watakūnu l-ǧibālu kal-ʿihni l-manfūši

And the mountains will be like tufted wool.

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And the mountains will become as carded wool

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and the mountains shall be like flocks of carded wool

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And the mountains shall be like flocks of carded wool

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and the mountains shall become like carded wool of various colours driven by the wind

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101:6

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'ammaa man thaqulat mawaazeenuh

DIN 31635faʾammā man ṯaqulat mawāzīnuhu

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As for he whose scales are heavy.

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Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works)

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And as for him whose balance is heavy

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then as to him whose balances are heavy

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Moreover he whose balance shall be heavy with good works

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101:7

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)fahuwa fee 'eeshatin raadiyah

DIN 31635fahuwa fī ʿīšatin rāḍiyatin

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He will be in a pleasant life.

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He will live a pleasant life

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he shall be in a well-pleasing life

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

his shall be a life that shall please him well

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shall lead a pleasing life

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101:8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa man khaffat mawaazeenuh

DIN 31635waʾammā man ḫaffat mawāzīnuhu

But as for he whose scales are light.

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But as for him whose scales are light

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But as for him whose balance is light

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And as to him whose balances are light

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But as to him whose balance shall be light

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101:9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'ummuhu haawiyah

DIN 31635faʾummuhu hāwiyatun

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His home is the Abyss.

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A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother

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his dwelling shall be the pit of hell

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his dwelling-place shall be the pit

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his dwelling shall be the pit of hell

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101:10

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa adraaka maa hiyah

DIN 31635wamā ʾadrāka mā hiyah

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Do you know what it is?

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Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is

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And who shall make thee know what it is

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And who shall teach thee what the pit (El-Hawiya) is

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What shall make thee to understand how frightful the pit of hell is

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101:11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

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Easy-read (simplified)naarun haamiyah

DIN 31635nārun ḥāmiyatun

A Raging Fire.

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Raging Fire

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a burning fire

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A raging fire

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It is a burning fire

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Surah 102

At-Takaathurالتكاثر

Competition · 8 verses · Meccan

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Eight verses on a rivalry over increase that occupies people until they reach the graves - the competition this surah is named for. It repeats that they will come to know, and it closes on being questioned about pleasure.

AALAMIN Editor · signed 25 August 2026

102:1

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

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Easy-read (simplified)alhaakumu t-takaathur

DIN 31635ʾalhākumu t-takāṯuru

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Abundance distracts you.

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Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The contention about numbers deludes you

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

THE DESIRE of increasing riches occupieth you

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The emulous desire of multiplying riches and children employeth you

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102:2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

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Easy-read (simplified)hattaa zurtumu l-maqaabir

DIN 31635ḥattā zurtumu l-maqābira

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Until you visit the graveyards.

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Until ye come to the graves

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till ye visit the tombs

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Till ye come to the grave

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until ye visit the graves

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102:3

كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)kallaa sawfa ta'lamoon

DIN 31635kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

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Indeed, you will know.

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Nay, but ye will come to know

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Not so! In the end ye shall know

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Nay! but in the end ye shall know

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By no means should ye thus employ your time: Hereafter shall ye know your folly

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102:4

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma kallaa sawfa ta'lamoon

DIN 31635ṯumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūna

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Certainly, you will know.

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Nay, but ye will come to know

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And again not so! In the end ye shall know

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Nay! once more,in the end ye shall know your folly

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Again, by no means: Hereafter shall ye know your folly

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102:5

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

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Easy-read (simplified)kallaa law ta'lamoona 'ilma l-yaqeen

DIN 31635kallā law taʿlamūna ʿilma l-yaqīni

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If you knew with knowledge of certainty.

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Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Not so! Did ye but know with certain knowledge

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Nay! would that ye knew it with knowledge of certainty

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By no means: If ye knew the consequence hereof with certainty of knowledge, ye would not act thus

George Sale · published 1734

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102:6

لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ

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Easy-read (simplified)latarawunna l-jaheem

DIN 31635latarawunna l-ǧaḥīma

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You would see the Inferno.

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For ye will behold hell-fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Ye shall surely see hell

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Surely ye shall see hell-fire

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Verily ye shall see hell

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102:7

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma latarawunnahaa 'ayna l-yaqeen

DIN 31635ṯumma latarawunnahā ʿayna l-yaqīni

Then you will see it with the eye of certainty.

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Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And again ye shall surely see it with an eye of certainty

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then shall ye surely see it with the eye of certainty

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Again, ye shall surely see it with the eye of certainty

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102:8

ثُمَّ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma latus'alunna yawma'idhin 'ani n-na'eem

DIN 31635ṯumma latusʾalunna yawmaʾiḏin ʿani n-naʿīmi

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Then, on that Day, you will be questioned about the Bliss.

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Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Then ye shall surely be asked about pleasure

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then shall ye on that day be taken to task concerning pleasures

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Then shall ye be examined, on that day, concerning the pleasures with which ye have amused yourselves in this life

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Surah 103

Al-Asrالعصر

The Declining Day, Epoch · 3 verses · Meccan

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Three verses and fourteen words, the second fewest words of any surah in this canon: an oath, then that man is in loss, except those who believe, do right, and urge truth and patience on one another.

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103:1

وَٱلْعَصْرِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wal-'asr

DIN 31635wal-ʿaṣri

By Time.

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By the declining day

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

By the afternoon

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

I SWEAR by the declining day

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By the afternoon

George Sale · published 1734

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103:2

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna l-'insaana lafee khusr

DIN 31635ʾinna l-ʾinsāna lafī ḫusrin

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The human being is in loss.

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Lo! man is a state of loss

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

verily, man is in loss

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Verily, man's lot is cast amid destruction

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

verily man employeth himself in that which will prove of loss

George Sale · published 1734

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103:3

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ

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Easy-read (simplified)illaa lladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati watawaasaw bil-haqqi watawaasaw bis-sabr

DIN 31635ʾillā llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti watawāṣaw bil-ḥaqqi watawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabri

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Except those who believe, and do good works, and encourage truth, and recommend patience.

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Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

save those who believe and do right, and bid each other be true, and bid each other be patient

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Save those who believe and do the things which be right, and enjoin truth and enjoin stedfastness on each other

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Except those who believe, and do that which is right; and who mutually recommend the truth, and mutually recommend perseverance unto each other

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 104

Al-Humazaالهمزة

The Traducer · 9 verses · Meccan

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Nine verses against one figure: a slanderer who gathers wealth and counts it and thinks it will make him last, and the fire that closes over him in outstretched columns. It takes its name from the slander at verse 1.

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104:1

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)waylun likulli humazatin lumazah

DIN 31635waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin

Woe to every slanderer backbiter.

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Woe unto every slandering traducer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Woe to every slanderous backbiter

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Woe to every BACKBITER, Defamer

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Woe unto every slanderer, and backbiter

George Sale · published 1734

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104:2

ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladhee jama'a maalan wa'addadah

DIN 31635allaḏī ǧamaʿa mālan waʿaddadahu

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Who gathers wealth and counts it over.

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Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

who collects wealth and counts it

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Who amasseth wealth and storeth it against the future

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Who heapeth up riches, and prepareth the same for the time to come

George Sale · published 1734

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104:3

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ

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Easy-read (simplified)yahsabu anna maalahu akhladah

DIN 31635yaḥsabu ʾanna mālahu ʾaḫladahu

Thinking that his wealth has made him immortal.

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He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He thinks that his wealth can immortalize him

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He thinketh surely that his wealth shall be with him for ever

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He thinketh that his riches will render him immortal

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104:4

كَلَّا لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِى ٱلْحُطَمَةِ

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Easy-read (simplified)kallaa layunbadhanna fee l-hutamah

DIN 31635kallā layunbaḏanna fī l-ḥuṭamati

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By no means. He will be thrown into the Crusher.

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Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Not so! he shall be hurled into ElHutamah

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Nay! for verily he shall be flung into the Crushing Fire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By no means. He shall surely be cast into al Hotama

George Sale · published 1734

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104:5

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa adraaka maa l-hutamah

DIN 31635wamā ʾadrāka mā l-ḥuṭamatu

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And what will make you realize what the Crusher is?

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Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And what shall make thee understand what ElHutamah is

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And who shall teach thee what the Crushing Fire is

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And what shall cause thee to understand what al Hotama is

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104:6

نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ

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Easy-read (simplified)naaru llaahi l-mooqadah

DIN 31635nāru llāhi l-mūqadatu

God's kindled Fire.

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(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the fire of God kindled

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It is God's kindled fire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is the kindled fire of God

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104:7

ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ

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Easy-read (simplified)allatee tattali'u 'alaa l-'af'idah

DIN 31635allatī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā l-ʾafʾidati

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That laps to the hearts.

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Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

which rises above the hearts

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Which shall mount above the hearts of the damned

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

which shall mount above the hearts of those who shall be cast therein

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104:8

إِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِم مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)innahaa 'alayhim mu'sadah

DIN 31635ʾinnahā ʿalayhim muʾṣadatun

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It closes in on them.

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Lo! it is closed in on them

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Verily, it is an archway over them

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

It shall verily rise over them like a vault

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily it shall be as an arched vault above them

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104:9

فِى عَمَدٍ مُّمَدَّدَةٍۭ

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Easy-read (simplified)fee 'amadin mumaddadah

DIN 31635fī ʿamadin mumaddadatin

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In extended columns.

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In outstretched columns

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

on long-drawn columns

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On outstretched columns

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

on columns of vast extent

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 105

Al-Filالفيل

The Elephant · 5 verses · Meccan

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Five verses recalling what was done to the owners of the elephant, which this surah is named for: a plan brought to nothing, birds, stones of baked clay, and an end like stubble eaten down.

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105:1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

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Easy-read (simplified)alam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi'ashaabi l-feel

DIN 31635ʾalam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʾaṣḥābi l-fīli

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant?

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Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did with the fellows of the elephant

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

HAST thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the army of the ELEPHANT

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the masters of the elephant

George Sale · published 1734

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

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